And everything you do or say is wrong
And because of this there's nothing that can be trusted anymore
And no one likes to listen to sad songs anymore
And there's nothing wrong here that can't be fixed by us finishing this bottle of vodka
And I don't want to, that's why
And nothin' ever stays the same, man, nothin'
And there was never a time like this before
And there will never be a time like this again
And I can't tell if the days, these days, are better than those days were
And you can't trust anybody, ya know?
And I'm sick of you, me, Wilson Picket, everybody, man, EVERYBODY
And I'm so glad to see so many of you people out there tonight
And the band is awful and so are the tunes
And I said to her, "Well, I can think of another option"...
And that was that
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you
And she looked at me
And I looked at her
And she looked at me
And I looked at her
And I said, "Ah fuck it"
And I downed my shot
And then I downed hers
And then I ordered two more
And I downed them too
And I couldn't remember what she'd done that was so irritating before
And I coulda' swore I wasn' drunk, but the barroom floor disagreed with me
And we hailed a cab
And she shoved me into it
And on the cab ride home, she was so loud that the cab driver pulled over and threatened to throw us out until I paid him twenty bucks to shut up and drive
And I'm not the man that I thought I would be
And I'm not the man that I think I should be
And I don't look the way that I want to
And I don't act the way that I want to
And I don't do the things that I want to
And sometimes it just feels like everythin' is just fallin' apart, ya know?
And sometimes I think that this is better than the alternative, ya know?
And the wheels on the bus go round and round...
the end

3 comments:
zah?
Nothin' much. Just a poem.
S'funny how people automatically take someone's awkward attempt at a poem as a cry for help, isn't it? I do it all the time.
I wanted to try to hammer out a short thing that would express some ideas and briefly flirt with a short narrative, in the middle, whilst also mixing in lines from songs and short bursts of memories, but the only stipulation would be that each line begin with the word "And". Sort of a stream of consciousness thing. Or rather multiple streams of consciousness overlapping and playing themselves out.
It's clumsy and awkward as Hell. But then I don't claim to be a poet. And I refuse to let fear of failure keep me from making the attempt.
So that's that.
Merrily we roll along,
Mr.B
And it reminded me of a Tom Waits song
(probably because TW was referenced.)
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